World Heritage Committee

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UNESCO body governing body intergovernmental committee

The World Heritage Committee is a UNESCO body of representatives from member states responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, including selecting and monitoring World Heritage Sites worldwide.

Aliases (2)

UNESCO World Heritage Committee ×14
World Heritage Committee Bureau ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO body → governing body → intergovernmental committee →
alsoKnownAs	UNESCO World Heritage Committee →
appliesConvention	Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage →
cooperatesWith	International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property → International Council on Monuments and Sites → International Union for Conservation of Nature →
domain	cultural heritage → mixed cultural and natural heritage → natural heritage →
establishedBy	World Heritage Convention →
establishedUnder	UNESCO →
governs	List of World Heritage in Danger → World Heritage List →
hasAdvisoryBody	ICCROM → ICOMOS → IUCN →
hasAuthority	allocate resources from the World Heritage Fund → inscribe properties on the World Heritage List → place properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger → remove properties from the World Heritage List →
hasFunction	adoption of decisions and resolutions on World Heritage matters → encouraging international cooperation in the protection of cultural and natural heritage → examination of nominations for inscription on the World Heritage List → monitoring the state of conservation of World Heritage properties → revision of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention →
hasMemberType	representatives of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention →
hasNumberOfMembers	21 →
hasPurpose	identification of World Heritage Sites → implementation of the World Heritage Convention → inscription of properties on the World Heritage List → monitoring of World Heritage Sites → protection of cultural heritage → protection of natural heritage → protection of properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger →
hasWorkingLanguage	English → French →
holdsSessionType	extraordinary session → ordinary session →
meetsFrequency	annually →
membersElectedBy	General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention →
memberTermLength	4 years →
oversees	World Heritage Fund →
partOf	UNESCO →
reportsTo	General Conference of UNESCO → States Parties to the World Heritage Convention →
shortName	World Heritage Committee →
supportedBy	UNESCO World Heritage Centre →
usesInstrument	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") → Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") → The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") → UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") → Works of Antoni Gaudí ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") →	governingBody
Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") → Hill Forts of Rajasthan ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") → Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") → Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") →	inscribedBy
Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee → Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") →	recognizedBy
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention →	adoptedBy
World Heritage Committee ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") →	alsoKnownAs
World Heritage Centre →	cooperatesWith
UNESCO World Heritage Programme →	decisionMaker
States Parties to the World Heritage Convention →	elect
List of World Heritage in Danger →	establishedBy
UNESCO World Heritage Convention →	establishesBody
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention →	firstAdoptedBy
World Heritage Fund →	governedBy
UNESCO World Heritage Convention →	governedByBody
Europe and North America ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") →	hasDesignationAuthority
UNESCO World Heritage Programme →	hasMainGoverningBody
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") →	inscribedOnListBy
World Heritage Sites in Belgium →	inscriptionBody
List of World Heritage in Danger →	maintainedBy
World Heritage Fund →	monitoredBy
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention →	periodicallyRevisedBy
WHS →	relatedTo
Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee →	reportsTo
World Heritage Committee →	shortName
WHS ("UNESCO World Heritage Committee") →	statusGrantedBy
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list →	usedBy
Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee ("World Heritage Committee Bureau") →	worksWith